Pediatric leaders across the state of Alabama are warning families about unusually high and severe influenza activity throughout the state, especially in children.
“This is the highest flu activity that we have seen this early in the season since the 2009 Influenza A/H1N1 pandemic” reported Wes Stubblefield, MD, MPH, FAAP, pediatrician and District Medical Officer with the Alabama Department of Public Health.
At USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital in Mobile, positive influenza cases have risen from 51 in September to 745 in October and 138 in just the first three days of November. At USA Health, there are more children hospitalized for influenza than for Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection, or RSV.Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham has seen a similar increase.
Hospitalization can result from dehydration and difficulty breathing, but also from myocarditis , respiratory failure, and encephalitis .
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